大事化小，小事化了

Chinese

		important matter; big deal; major event important matter; big deal; major event; great thing	to make into; to change into; ‑ization to make into; to change into; ‑ization; to ... ‑ize; to transform	small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young		trifle; trivial matter; minor thing	to make into; to change into; ‑ization to make into; to change into; ‑ization; to ... ‑ize; to transform	to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)
trad. (大事化小，小事化了)		大事	化	小	，	小事	化	了
simp. #(大事化小，小事化了)		大事	化	小	，	小事	化	了

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàshì huà xiǎo, xiǎoshì huà liǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄕˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ , ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ si⁶ faa³ siu², siu² si⁶ faa³ liu⁵

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàshì huà xiǎo, xiǎoshì huà liǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄕˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ , ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàshìh huà siǎo, siǎoshìh huà liǎo
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-shih⁴ hua⁴ hsiao³, hsiao³-shih⁴ hua⁴ liao³
    • Yale: dà-shr̀ hwà syǎu-, syǎu-shr̀ hwà lyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahshyh huah sheau, sheaushyh huah leau
    • Palladius: даши хуа сяо, сяоши хуа ляо (daši xua sjao, sjaoši xua ljao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹ li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ si⁶ faa³ siu², siu² si⁶ faa³ liu⁵
    • Yale: daaih sih fa síu, síu sih fa líuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ si⁶ faa³ siu², siu² si⁶ faa³ liu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ xi⁶ fa³ xiu², xiu² xi⁶ fa³ liu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² siː²² faː³³ siːu̯³⁵ siːu̯³⁵ siː²² faː³³ liːu̯¹³/

Proverb

大事化小，小事化了

1. Synonym of 大事化小，小事化無／大事化小，小事化无 (dàshì huà xiǎo, xiǎoshì huà wú, “Turn big problems into small ones, and small ones into no problems at all.”)